THE TOP 10 NON-ADVENTURE GAMES OF ALL TIME – Welcome to Just Adventure + – Articles — Part 7
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THE TOP 10 NON-ADVENTURE GAMES OF ALL TIME
Article by Agustín Cordes and Michal Necasek
October 3, 2003
5. Civilization – Microprose, 1991
Civilization is one of many creations of Sid Meier, perhaps the most famous designer of strategy games, and first in the long line of Civilization titles. A game starts in 4000BC and you become the ruler of civilization of your choice (you can pick from the list of about 15 predefined ones). There are two ways to win: either destroy all other civilizations or build a spaceship and establish an outpost on another planet. To that end, you must first invent many new technologies and concepts and build a number of city improvements. Each city collects resources from its surrounding area and its output can be directed towards building of city improvements or military (and a few non-military) units. Your civilization can use any of a number of systems of government, each with its drawbacks and benefits. Combat in Civilization is extremely simple – one unit attacks another and the losing one will simply disappear forever. Excepting combat, Civilization is a very complex game and learning how to manage cities efficiently and make your citizens happy takes a little while. Civilization is a rich, fun to play turn-based strategy game and a great time sink. Players are known to have completely lost track of time while building their own civilizations.
